A Successful Web Content Management System Implementation

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A Successful Web Content Management System
Implementation

• Jay Knape
• Manager of Web Services
• Columbus State University

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Successful WCMS Implementation
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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Success
• In the first 14 months, the Web Team has
  implemented 62 (50) of CSU sites into OmniUpdate
  OU Campus.
• All done by
• 3 full time staff
• Up to 4 student assistants

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Successful WCMS Implementation
Redesign of Web Pages
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CMS Implementation
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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Why Split?
• Best Practice
• Dos and Donts of implementing a WCMS
• Focus on task at hand
• Learning curve for WCMS

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Where we started
• September 2006
• Finalized 6 layouts

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Implemented new look with existing tools
• December 2006 RFP for WCMS
• May 2007 Reward RFP to OmniUpdate

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• August 2007 Installed and Configured OmniUpdate
• As of October 2007
• 51 sites were in the new look
• 38 of sites selected to move into OmniUpdate
• 134 total site within colstate.edu domain
• 28 sites would not moved into WCMS

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Process
• Student Assistants
• Worked on sites already in new look
• Staff
• Continued working with departments doing complete
  redesign
• Sites
• Only active pages
• HTML 4.0 W3C standard
• 508 accessibility guidelines
• CSS styling

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• October 2008
• 77 sites in WCMS
• 15 sites in development
• 62 sites live
• 44,630 files
• 3,173 directories
• 145 Users trained
• Trainer Jay Knape
• 1.5 hour training class
• Required class

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Changes made
• Windows to Gentoo Linux
• IIS to Apache
• ASP to PHP
• MS SQL/Access to MySQL
• MS Frontpage to Dreamweaver

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Encounters
• Redesign
• Everyone wants to be on the University home page
• Welcome attitude for the layouts
• Do I have to look like everyone else attitude

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Successful WCMS Implementation

• Encounters
• WCMS
• ASP on Apache
• Quirks with OmniUpdate
• Getting the templates set-up correctly

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A Successful Web Content Management System
Implementation

• Jay Knape
• knape_jay_at_colstate.edu
• Manager of Web Services
• Columbus State University